Nyasa Paddhati by Sripad Madhvacarya

Nyasa Paddhati
by Sripad Madhvacarya

 

nara-narayanam natva
purna-brahmaksaro-datam
yateracarana vaksye
purna-sastranusaratah
Paying obeisances to Nara-Narayana, the perfect being, who has proclaimed the brahmaksara, I will speak on the activities of the #sannyasi in accordance with scripture. (1)

arunodayavellaya-
mutaya hari-manasah
saucadikam yatha-nyayam
krtva dantan visodhayat
When the light first appears before the sunrise (brahma muhurta), the sannyasi should rise from sleep and fix his mind on the Lord. After having relieved himself and cleansed himself according to the rules (sauca), he should clean his teeth (not using a twig). (2)

katisaucam mrdam kuryac-
chuddhayartham jalasamsthitah
snanam kuryad yathoktena
vidhina niyato harau
Purifying his body by rubbing earth on it, he should take bath, immersing himself in water according to the rules, while meditating on Hari. (3)

dhrtvordhva-pundram vidhina
prakalpya’sanamcyute
mano nivesyastamantran
yatha sakti japecchyucih
Then he should apply tilaka according to the rules, while sitting on a proper asana, with mind absorbed in Acyuta. Being clean in body and mind, he should perform japa as much as he can. (4)

dvadasa-sahasravrtti
param brahmaksaram japet
dandodakam japasyante
dadyad vidhi-vidhanatah
He should chant the brahmaksara-mantra twelve-thousand times, then after japa he should offer water to his danda according to the rules. (5)

devatam paramam samyak
pujayecch vidhanatah
bhiksa-kale vidhanena
cared bhiksatanam yatih
He should worship the Supreme Lord according to the rules, and when the time arrives, he should depart for bhiksa (begging). The act of begging is considered one of the principle activities of the sannyasi. (6)

aneka bhiksacaranam
mukhya-dharmo yateh smrtah
tri-panca-sapta-sadmani
gacchennato’dhikam punah
The act of begging is considered one of the principle activities of the sannyasi. He should go to three, five or seven houses. He should not go to any more than this. (7)

bhiksa-grhana kale tu
grhaniyad datrto jalam
bhiksanne tajjalam proksya
punar-grahyam vida jalam
At the time of accepting bhiksa, he should accept water and sprinkle that on the rice that he has begged. (8)

nivedayat tadannam tu
varijasyodakakena tu
proksye devaya mahate
mula-mantrena vagyatah
tad-annam bhaksayet svastho
hyajavad-hari-manasa
When eating that rice, he should offer offer to the Lord by sprinkling with water and chanting over it the mula-mantra and eat silently, while thinking of Lord Hari. (9)

trivaramudaka-snanam
yateh sastresu coditam
asaktasya yateh sastre
dvivaram snana-codana
He should bathe three times daily in water, or if that is impossible he may bathe twice or once. As a chief duty, a sannyasi should both study and practice scripture. (10)

vedanta-sastrabhyasenam
mukhya-dharmo yateh smrtah
devo narayano nityam
srsthi-sthityantakarakah
bhaktanam muktido nityam-
anyathajnaninam tamah
A sannyasi should remember that his main responsibility is to study Vedanta.He knows Narayana as the creator, maintainer and destroyer of the worlds, and as the giver of liberation to devotees. This is knowledge all else is ignorance. (11)

purna-prajnena munina
vyasa-vakya-samuddhatih
nyasi-dharmasya visaye
subha sankseptah krta
Purna Prajna Muni, having assimilated the words of Vyasa, has written this auspicious work describing in brief all the matters of sannyasa-dharma. (12)

 

iti srimad ananda tirtha bhagavatapada-krta nyasa-paddhatih samaptah

Thus ends the Nyasa-Paddhati written by Srimad Ananda Tirtha Bhagavatapada